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SN 48.169–1781 min read

Another Chapter on Floods

Punaoghavagga

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 48.169–178Linked Discourses 48.169–178
  • 0.215. Punaoghavagga15. Another Chapter on Floods

0.3punaoghādisuttaAnother Series on Floods, Etc.

1.1PTS 5.243“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, uddhambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni.“Mendicants, there are five higher fetters.1.2Katamāni pañca?What five?1.3Rūparāgo, arūparāgo, māno, uddhaccaṁ, avijjā—Desire for rebirth in the realm of luminous form, desire for rebirth in the formless realm, conceit, restlessness, and ignorance.1.4imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañcuddhambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni.These are the five higher fetters.

1.5Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ uddhambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya pahānāya pañcindriyāni bhāvetabbāni.The five faculties should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these five higher fetters.1.6Katamāni pañca?What five?1.7Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saddhindriyaṁ bhāveti rāgavinayapariyosānaṁ dosavinayapariyosānaṁ mohavinayapariyosānaṁ. Vīriyindriyaṁ …pe… satindriyaṁ … samādhindriyaṁ … paññindriyaṁ bhāveti rāgavinayapariyosānaṁ dosavinayapariyosānaṁ mohavinayapariyosānaṁ.It’s when a mendicant develops the faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom, which culminate in the removal of greed, hate, and delusion.

1.8Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ uddhambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ abhiññāya pariññāya parikkhayāya pahānāya imāni pañcindriyāni bhāvetabbānī”ti.These five faculties should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these five higher fetters.”

1.9Oghavaggo sattarasamo.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1Ogho yogo upādānaṁ,Floods, yokes, grasping,2.2ganthā anusayena ca;ties, and underlying tendencies,2.3Kāmaguṇā nīvaraṇā,kinds of sensual stimulation, hindrances,2.4khandhā oruddhambhāgiyāti.aggregates, and fetters high and low.

2.5Indriyasaṁyuttaṁ catutthaṁ.The Linked Discourses on the Faculties, the fourth section.